Improvement in gasvse apparatus



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c. SQNNENBERG. GAMEAPPARATUS., N,13o,502. Pacennea.Aug.,1,1a7a.

CHARLES SONNENBERG, OF HANNIBAL, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAME APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. HS),502, dated August 1, 1876 application led l May 27, 1876.

To all whom t may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES SONNENBERG, ot' Hannibal, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GameTables; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a birds-eye view of my improved game-table. Fig. 2 is a vertical and central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached sections.

My improved game-table is made with a convex center, or convex face, B, which is surrounded by a circula-r rim, A, and a series ot' pockets for catching the balls as they roll down upon the convex face of the table, as seen in Fig. 2, and willbe more t'ully explained hereafter.

The rim A is considerablyelevated, in order to stop the balls, which are caught in the triangular pockets just inside ot" the rim A. These pockets are numbered, as seen in Fig. 1, and by these numbers the player counts u p the amount ot' his winnings as the game procecds.

The convex face ot' the table has a central and elevated ball-rest, G, and two series ot' cups or ball-rests, a and a', and also six circles ot' pins, c c, thus covering the whole face ot' the table. The circle ot' balls a are num-- bered l0, and the circle a numbered 20; and it may be observed that the pockets are irregularly numbered, so that considerable caloulation may be made as to the chances of Winning a high count.

The arrangement for tripping the central ball will be best understood by referring to Sheet 2 of the drawings, where Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the table.

On the under side ot' the cross-bars C are four levers, D, pivoted at E, so as to vibrate easily. The tips of these levers rest against the under side of the head fr' ot' the rod I, which is provided with spring j to push it down away from the ball G, Fig. 5. The outer ends of these levers are connected with the stop F, Fig. 4, so that a slight tap on the top or knob of the stop F will tilt the lever, and thus push up the sliding rod I, and give the ball Gr a sudden stroke, thus throwing it from its rest, when the ball rolls down the incline ofthe table to the pockets b.

As the ball rolls down the incline or convex tace oi' the table it strikes more or less of the pins c, and is liable to knock off or sot in motion some one ofthe balls on the rests or cups a and a. After the ball or balls reach the pockets the numbers are counted, and thus the game proceeds, as is well understood by those familiar with similar game-tables.

I do not, broadly, claim a game-table with a convex tace, provided with ball-rests, and set with deilecting-pins, in combination with a ball-trip, and with pockets to arrest the balls 5 but I believe-the vabove-,described construction and arrangement ot'` devices, and

the combinations claimed, are` new, and an improvement in this class of gaine-tables.

Having described my invention, I claiml. The V-shaped pockets b, in combination with the series ot' pins c c, and the cups a and a', substantially as set t'orth.

2. The levers D, in combination with the stops F, having the head or knob above the rim A, and the slide-rod I, provided with the spring j, for the purpose ot' tripping the ball G, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses ADAM lTrials, H. J. BROWN. 

